Blue with Gold Flowers

Friday, February 17, 2017

Blue with Gold Flowers

I made this card for today's challenge on Nichole Heady's blog Capture the Moment. We were asked to use one of the featured PTI stamp sets from 2013, or to draw inspiration from any of the projects she highlighted. I don't have those sets, so I chose a card by Erin Lincoln to work from. It's this one, the 4th "pedal pusher" example in Nichole's post today.

My card is not at all what I set out to make. But the inspiration card sentiment was "enjoy the ride," and it seems fitting that I went on a bumpy path that took me someplace very unexpected. I started with spring rain flowers stamped on spring rain card stock, intending to add a summer sunrise (yellow-orange) die cut word like Erin's to my white stitched rectangle. But the flowers needed "something" more, so I added summer sunrise ink. I never imagined the result would look so golden! So I added some sun rays, changed my die cut to PTI saffron spice, which looked similar to my flower color, and ... called it done. Thank you, Nichole and Erin, for inspiring my card today!

Card details:

Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) spring rain (light blue), saffron spice (gold), and stamper's select white.
Dies are PTI big basics: thanks and stitched rectangles. I used the largest rectangle to edge my 1" strip of white, then turned it and lined it up with the end holes to edge the other side.
The sentiment "very much" is from PTI fillable frames #2, stamped with PTI saffron spice ink cube. The flower cluster is from PTI mini blooms, stamped with PTI spring rain ink cube, as well as PTI summer sunrise (yellow-orange) ink applied to the stamp with a finger dauber. The rays are from PTI shine, stamped with PTI summer sunrise ink cube.

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Operation: Quiet Comfort

Starting in early 2016, most of my cards are now made for Operation: Quiet Comfort.
As explained on their web site, "Operation Quiet Comfort exists solely for the purpose of honoring and comforting America’s military men and women who become sick and injured while serving in harm’s way. We also provide support to those who care for them. We collect, package and ship supplies for U.S. Military men and women receiving care at medical facilities abroad." These packages also include cards with messages of support and encouragement ... "thinking of you, patriotic, thank you, cheerful cards." I'm happy to have the opportunity to support our troops in this way.

About My Cards and My Blog

Unless noted otherwise, all my cards are A2 size - 4.25 x 5.5" when folded.

I was making cards long before I started stamping, so for my card images, I sometimes will do my own line drawing, then color it with markers. To use it multiple times, I scan it before coloring, then computer-print it. For more on my drawing process, see "How I Draw," and also "Anybody Can Draw."

I use Copic markers (I prefer "original" and also have some of the "sketch" type), Copic multiliner pens, and the Copic airbrush (airbrushing with my markers). See "About My Tools and Materials" for my Copic colors and other tools, materials, supplies and sources. Techniques and materials may also be noted in the blog post.

I will post a few times a month, whenever I have a new card to share. For cards before 2012, the date on the post is the approximate date of the card, not always the posting date. Reference posts like "About My Labels" are filed together as 1973, but are much newer.

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Friday, February 17, 2017